Mine fire experiments and simulation with MFIRE
- Twin Cities Research Center, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
A major concern of mine fires is the heat generated ventilation disturbances which can move products of combustion (POC) through unexpected passageways. Fire emergency planning requires simulation of the interaction of the fire and ventilation system to predict the state of the ventilation system and the subsequent distribution of temperatures and POC. Several computer models were developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) to perform this simulation. The most recent, MFIRE, simulates a mine`s ventilation system and its response to altered ventilation parameters such as the development of new mine workings or changes in ventilation control structures, external influence such as varying outside temperatures, and internal influences such as fires. Extensive output allows quantitative analysis of the effects of the proposed alteration to die ventilation system. This paper describes recent USBM research to validate MFIRE`s calculation of temperature distribution in an airway due to a mine fire, as temperatures are the most significant source of ventilation disturbances. Fire tests were conducted at the Waldo Mine near Magdalena, NM. From these experiments, temperature profiles were developed as functions of time and distance from the fire and compared with simulations from MFIRE.
- OSTI ID:
- 269227
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9506227-; TRN: 96:001467-0034
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. U.S. mine ventilation symposium, Lexington, KY (United States), 5-7 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 7th US mine ventilation symposium; Wala, A.M.; PB: 525 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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